Martin Eppler
Martin Eppler
Full Professor of Media and Communication Management
Büro 48-125
Blumenbergplatz 9
9000 St. Gallen
Knowledge Visualization; Strategy; Collaboration & Innovation, Data Storytelling
Analytics
Knowledge Visualization
Knowledge Communication
Collaborative Creativity
Management Communication
Visual Communication
Business Model Innovation
Strategic Management
Stakeholder Management
Data Storytelling
Decision Making in Groups
University of St. Gallen (lic.oec.HSG/Master (Steinacher Award), Habilitation)
Boston University School of Communication (Dean’s List)
ESCP, Paris
University of Geneva (PhD, summa cum laude)
Vice President of Academic Affairs (as of February 2022)
Head of the University of St. Gallen’s International Study Program (for International MBA Students) (until January 2022)
Guest Professor Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
Guest Professor Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
Guest Professor Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China
Guest Professor Aalto University School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland
Guest Professor Universidad del Pacifico, Lima, Peru
Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England
Advisor to organizations such as United Nations, UBS, Swiss Re, Daimler, BMW, Philips, Swiss Military,
Ernst & Young, The European Central Bank, and others. Inventor of www.lets-focus.com
Previous work for The Creative Business Inc., Bain - Company, Ringier, Geneva Knowledge Group, and the International Herald Tribune.
Inventor of the lets-focus visualization suite
Meet up! Using Nudging for Collaboration
Visual Analytics
Dynagrams - thinking in Stereo (Master)
Creability - Creativity at Work (Master and executive)
Sketching at Work (MBA)
Visual Literacy for Management (Bachelor)
Visualization for team processes (Master)
Information and Knowledge Visualization for Business (Master)
Knowledge Managemente (Master)
Knowledge Communication and Visualization (at Aalto University)
Typologies and Taxonomies: Classification in Research (PhD course)
Global Managerial Communication (MBA)
Intercultural Management and Communication (CEMS Master)
Visual Metaphors for Management (Master)
Risk visualization (executive)
Reactance in Visual Climate Change Campaigns
Radical Optionality in Strategic Ideation
Visual Variation: A Knowledge Visualization Notation
De-biasing Management Decisions
Talking Data
Communicating Analytics
Meet up! Improving Meeting Communication through Nudging
Dynagrams: www.mcm.unisg.ch/en/Chairs/MCM+1/Projects/Dynagrams
Sketching at Work. www.sketchingatwork.com
Creability: On-demand Creativity for Teams: www.mcm.unisg.ch/de/Chairs/MCM+1/Projects/Creability.aspx
Management Atlas: www.ManagementAtlas.com
Collaboration Cards for Teams: www.CollabCards.com
Complex to Clear: www.Clear-Communication.org
Visual Literacy for Managers: www.visual-literacy.org
Dynagrams: Dynamic Diagrams for Strategic Planning www.dynagrams.org
Life Design: lifedesignlab.ch
Academy of Management
Swiss Media and Communication Research Association
various editorial, institutional and program boards
University of St. Gallen 2022 Research Impact Award
2021 Excellence Award (aci) for Innovation in Teaching Research Methodology (1st Place)
International Book Award (getabstract)
Personalwirtschaft Magazine Business Book of the Year
Abendblatt Career Book of the Year
Best Paper Awards (Academy of Management, Collaboration Technologies and Systems, IKnow, IEEE InfoVis)
Steinacher Preis (beste Masterarbeit)
7 University of Geneva Executive MBA Teaching Awards for Best Core Course (Engl.& French Programs)
ZfU Teaching Award in Gold
IABC Research Award
Who's Who in Science
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Topics of recent international and national talks:
Communicating Analytics
Reinventing Meetings
Fostering Creativity and Innovation in Teams
Design Thinking in Management
How to be Clear in Complex Corporate Communication
Clarity in Knowledge Communication
Visualization in Management
Visualization for Inter-organizational Collaboration
Rea-time Knowledge Management
Managing Information Quality
How to Improve Strategy Communication
Making Strategy Implementation Work
Sketching at Work: How to Use Ad-hoc Drawings to improve Decision Making and Collaboration
Using Visualization as a Research Method
Magic Moments in Meetings: Breakthrough Productivity through Interactive Visualization
OrganisationsEntwicklung (European Journal of Organizational Development) until the end of 2021
Journal of Organizational Knowledge Communication
previously on the editorial board of: Studies in Communication Sciences, Information & Management, and others
www.knowledge-communication.org
www.visual-literacy.org
www.VisualVariation.com
www.clear-communication.org
www.CollabCards.com